Dress-waist protector.



No. 850,56@ BATBNTED APR. 16, 1907.

J. R. BRANTLY.'

vDRESS WAIST PRUTEGTOR.

. APPLIGATIQN FILED rmz.6.19os.

UNrrnn sfrairns PATENT cierren.

JOHN R. BRANTLY, OF ATHENS, GEORGIA.

DRESS-wAls-r PROTECTOR.

To rI/Z, whom, t may concern:

i Be 1t known that I, JOHN It. BRANTLY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ath ens, in the county of Clarke and State of Georgiahave invented a new and useful Improvement in DressfWaist Protectors, of

which'the following is a specification.

` My invention relates to dress-protectors, and hasA for its object to provide a .dresswaistyprotector which is very simple and cheap in construction and one which can beV quickly and easily attached to the back of a chair or 'seat of any kind for the purpose of preventing the dress-waist coming in contact with the chair orseat back.

Another object of my invention is to provide a protector of this kind which can be folded into a small bundle and carried infthe pocket. j

The device is especially adapted for use upon theater-seats, car-seats, churcl1-pews, or any public seat; and it consists of a metal frame adapted toA be attached to the seat and carrying a protectivefabric which covers the seat or chair back.

The invention consists also in certain new and useful details of construction, hereinafter fullyA described, and pointed out in the claims.` y

In the drawings "formingl a part of Vthis specification, Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear face view, parts broken away in order to more clearly show the supporting-frame- Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing one end of the frame and the manner of bending the flexible arms The frame A consists cf two strips n Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled February 6, 1906. Serial No. 299.810.

ratented April 16, 1907.

oted to the free ends of the strips O and D, respectively. The protecting-cle th B, which may be of any material desired, is connected to the strips A and B, whichisstitched t0 the fabric B and envelops tlie'strips A and A2 between the strips .C andD.

From 'the foregoing description it can be readily seen that the protector can be folded into a small package, as the strips O and D can be turned back upon the strips D and C, which can be turnedv back. upon the strips A and A2, which are folded togetlien' and the cloth is then rolled around the members, making a small package which can be easily carried in the pocket-book 'or satchel.

I When it is desired to use the protector, it is unfolded, and the strips C, C, D,",;and D are bent downwardly over the back of the chair or seat, as the case may be, to form supporting-hooks. One end of the cloth is allowed to drop down over the back of the chair, and

the other end is thrown over'theltop of the` back, and it can be readily seen@ that the back of the chair will. be covered bythe cloth,

which will protect the dress-waist ofi-the user from all dirt or dust which might be lipon the' chair or seat back. f

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A f 1. In a dress-waist protector, the combi# nation with metal strips hingedy together, of a strip of cloth secured to, said strips, and flexible sectional strips of metal ivoted to said strips adjacent eachV end, for t e purpose described.

2. In a dresawaist protector the cornbina-4 tion with metal strips connected together by a link carrying a strip' ofcloth, of flexible metal strips pivotally'connected to the said strips adjacent their free ends and flexible strips pivoted to the free ends of said iieXible strips, for the purpose described.

`Witnesses:` f F. J. OARITHERS, G. F. SrEPnENsoN. l

JOHN R. BRANTLY. 

